NJ elementary student's first-person Hitler essay sparks outrage, probe underway
A fifth-grader in New Jersey wrote a first-person essay on Adolf Hitler and is now under investigation.
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A fifth-grader in New Jersey wrote a first-person essay on Adolf Hitler and is now under investigation.
The pupil wrote “my belif (sic) in antisemitism drove me to kill more than 6 million Jews” in her school project.
In the essay, under the headline, “Accomplishments,” the student wrote, “My greatest accomplishment was uniting a great mass of German and Austrian people behind me.” “I was pretty great wasn’t I?” the student wrote. “I was very popular and many people followed me until I died. My belif [sic] in antisemitism drove me to kill more than 6 million Jews.” Lori Birk, an Englewood resident who posted the picture on Facebook, told NorthJersey.com that it was sent to her by the parent of another fifth-grade student at the school and that it was displayed in the hallway for “at l...
A first-person essay on Adolf Hitler that was written by a fifth-grade student in New Jersey is under investigation.
New Jersey fifth-grade girl dresses up as Hitler for class 'Character Development' project and writes report in Nazi leader's voice that reads: 'I was pretty great, wasn't I?' Parents are outraged that a fifth-grade student at Maugham Elementary School in Tenafly dressed up as Hitler for a 'Character Development' project in April The student also wrote a one-page essay listing the dictator's 'accomplishments' that a parent said hung in the school hallway for weeks The essay written in Hitler's voice said he rose to power by 'uniting a great mass of German and Austrian people behind me' ...